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    Range question

    Ive been running my range at 80ft. What do most of yall run it at ? pros and cons for farther?
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    50' for Crappie
    70' for Bass

    I have a 10" screen. Might go more if I had a 12"

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    30 to 40

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    Quote Originally Posted by MonteSS View Post
    70' for Bass

    I have a 10" screen. Might go more if I had a 12"
    same
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    70 for me while searching for suspended Crappie. !00 while looking for new brush piles.

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    120'-150' for spotted bass

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    40’ for crappie

    80’ to 100’ for bass

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    90-100 for spots. That is about the max I can make an accurate cast.

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    80-100' for the most part

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    Sounds like 70- 100 is what most of yall are using. so im in the range. I guess its what you get used too . Im at 80 so when I see them come into view I can usually make a cast that far pretty good. Thanks guys
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    60 for bass
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    Just for fun, I thought I'd mention that when I am fishing for bass and walleye I run the LVS62 on 250 ft. Yes...I can see them that far.
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    I've run my LVS34 out to 200' and been able to see bait and schools of bass on the lake I fish. It is deep and clear water. I'm running a GPSMAP8412.

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    I scan out to 120 feet for deep smallies. It gets a little harder to tell which species is which scanning out that far, but I find if you can fire a cast at them when they are that far away the odds of getting a bite can go way up.
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